Fusion 360 tip: If you make a lot of shapes in a sketch that are suppposed to be the same size, you can use the "equal" constraint... it's quicker than typing in the dimension many times, and if you want to change it, all shapes change at once :)

Nice a very down to earth distribution plate.

Wow your work is proffessional standard!!

Just discovered your channel a couple weeks ago and I absolutely love it. I've always wanted to make my PC more me but I never had the motivation to until watching your videos. I've already painted a few things and made my own backlit gpu backplate. Keep up the great content!

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! I'm so glad my stuff was able to help you :D

Thanks for sharing this video, one month in the learning stage you did pretty well my friend good job. Been wanting to buy a CNC machine for a while now did not know which one to buy thanks for sharing the make and model for this one. Cheers mate.

You're a high level, pro, awesome case modder too! Would definitely love to see more content like this!

Well looks like I'm building a CNC machine at some point here. Super cool!

@Ishiku__aka_xchoibitschibihil

6 жыл бұрын

@totalld21 chill. Do your homework. Know what precision/ tolerance you're dealing with And know what duty cycle its rated for above all!

Now I want a CNC machine!!!! It’s so damn cool!! Great video too

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

You're the wind in my sails

@ApexierGS

6 жыл бұрын

oh jojo, ... great stuff covering COMPUTEX.

@Ishiku__aka_xchoibitschibihil

6 жыл бұрын

@Dietec I understand Fusion 360 is free but inventor is *FAR superior!* (long term)

@Ishiku__aka_xchoibitschibihil

6 жыл бұрын

@Dietec heads up dude next time use the butterfly figure 8 pattern for tightening down your bolts. Applied torque matters! Especially in this use case! (Edit) hehehe... you learned that hand taps are 1/4 turn forward and 1/2 turn back.*(especially in metal and acrylic*) They make power drilling taps as well for your cnc. But you gota pay up.

@rogerelzenga4465

6 жыл бұрын

Im going to tell you a small secret :P buy a 3D-printer, you can buy a CNC head for it ^^ you can make small parts like this easily

Great for SFF builds that need to fit tight places....Nice work man...Keep it up

Nice work, very impressed!

Nice in depth tutorial.👍

Great video, as always!

I was watching this vid. in x2 speed, and you know what, the music from 3:20 was just great. And of course so was your distribution block.

That's great. Thank you for making this video. I was really curious about how to do exactly what youre doing and how to design and make a customer distro plate. The PC looks so clean with straight water runs and such. I wasn't sure how much I'd need to spend on the CNC machine.

This is awesome! Thanks for the video!

constructive criticism you sit too close to the camera

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Noted

@Usul-xp6ve

6 жыл бұрын

fate in yt comment section restored.

@gageferguson9506

Жыл бұрын

Lol

Great job man :D. Welcome back aswell!

Nice Job dude, Your vids keep motivate me Modify PCs in the Future :D

I need this in my life! Thank you so much for sharing. Great job!

Love it! It's amazing how much a combination of precision machines and your creativity can do!

That's so cool, I'm tempted to get a CNC machine now, the radikult guy is the master when it comes to making waterblocks/reservoirs.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah dude he's a beast.

ty 4 upload, need a cnc too :) JUST MY 2 CENTS: - when threading the 1/4" holes, drill through a SIMPLE 1/4"-NUT TO SUPPORT THE THREADER & stay 100% in vertical line (never do threads like in the video... with a wrench + free handed. YAK!) - clean up the drilllines - phase the edges with a 45° drill - clean the surface overall - clean the drilled loopchamber by: polishing with wet sandpaper, per example: -600 -800 -1500 -2000 grid sandpaper followed by polishing creme -> clear & high end looks Njoy

Looks awesome!

Probably one of the only builder on youtube who is creative. Instructive and to the point. Wish you good luck mate. Great work.

Take a jet lighter or propane torch to the machined pocket and it will make it way more translucent! You can do that to the edges too!

I really wish I could build these. I wanted a mid plate one for so long

Good job man!! Looks awesome! And thanks for shout out. You duh bomb.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

You're the light in my darkness

Great video. For a better finish you could flame polish it after milling (gently swipe a torch over the surface). That would give a clear finish, but should be tried on some scrap first ;)

Radikult does amazing work as well with custom blocks and such

When tightening screws that hold a deformable gasket like this you should tighten opposing screws and not go around clockwise or counterclockwise. It's called the star method. Takes no more effort, but prevents asymmetrical forces on the gasket and helps prevent damage or leaks. Neat video, though!

Now this is a freakin tutorial.... It helps me

"Clean as heck. I should get a CNC!" *checks prices of CNC's* "how much are my kidneys worth?"

@MuyBienFelipe

4 жыл бұрын

A CNC is nice, but you can do it all with a simple router by making a template to copy, and ideally a drill press - although a hand drill could work (would be harder to make consistent straight holes for the screws so not as pretty as with a DP).

@Pnky-chan

4 жыл бұрын

@@MuyBienFelipe can you point me somewhere to learn this technique?

I know how to draw and program for CNC machines. (I work with huge machines and make pieces for mechanical stuff, i don't know how to express myself very well i'm still learning english) It's really cool seeing people making things like this and motivating other people to learn new things. Keep the good work, love your videos! Greetings from Chile!

God damn it dude. I'm genuinely looking at prices for desktop CNCs now. This video spurred me into actually looking into it properly so I can stop relying on the CNCs at my work for small acrylic and aluminium jobs. I'm sure the machining shop boys would be happy about me not pestering them every other day with my shitty drawings.

@Seffyr

6 жыл бұрын

Also, as a side question: do you dub your drill bits for cutting through acrylic? I noticed at the end it looked like the acrylic had shattered around the hole. I've only ever had that happen because I was using drill bits intended for Steel on acrylic and the bit pulled in. If you dub the tips it shears the material away, rather than slicing it. It makes drilling through soft materials and absolute breeze - and you don't have to step up in sizes.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

No I didn't at all! I only had one bit the size I needed at the time so I just tried it and it obviously didn't work out lol. I know there's ways to do it right, I'm just not trying to wait three days for the mail

Great video! I really, REALLY need a CNC :0

Jojococo and Dietec are very good youtube streamers and pc modders...

Really cool... you actually inspired me to mod my pc though I really haven't done it :D lol

It's been a very long but this vid is awesome dietec😍😍

That was fantastic. Next I suggest you show polishing the res. Great work!

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

I will be honing this skill for sure!

@oOTheCassiel

6 жыл бұрын

was about to ask that question. what will you use for polishing it up?

@joequaider6275

6 жыл бұрын

Graduated fine grit sandpaper finishing with a wetsand.

@sethh8892

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Quaider that is how you fog acrylic... if you want to really polish at you will have to use a blowtorch. Skim over a very very fast and the blowtorch will do all the work in a few seconds. It leaves one of the prettiest and best shines. It's impossible to beat.

So much potential for Case mods from dietec in future ❤

Good jobs 😎

good video, top tip would be to screw the block together on oppsoing sizes to make sure they torq down eavenly otherwise you could cause it to leak

LIttle Tip when tapping acrylic. put a little WD40 or Olive oil on the tap. this will make the tapping easier and make cleaner threads. also you might want to use drill bit especially made for acrylic.

Имея такие большие возможности по изготовлению крутых вещей, сделал коробочку )))))

Good job man you rules :D

When you talk about not tapping the top piece because the head of the screw holds that. Another reason to have a larger hole that the thread doesn't touch is both the expansion of the material when it heats up or cools down, and also if you have the thread in both piece, the threading will actually work to separate the two pieces instead of pulling them together.

Hey in CAD programs you can make all of the circles share a dimension using the constraints, also, you can use a construction line through the middle and constrain the lines to the midpoint so that you have to dimension only half to a quarter of the lines depending on how efficient it is

Have no idea what's a distribution block, I don't have water cooling in my build, and I haven't even started modding yet... But still gonna watch the video :P

Nice work ! One day, i will do the same ! :V greetings from france ;-)

If you hit your rough finishes with a blow torch it will get rid of that foggy shade and shine everything up

@Ishiku__aka_xchoibitschibihil

6 жыл бұрын

schlaznger whoa! Careful! Dude slow and low heat, use map gas aswell.

@schlaznger8049

6 жыл бұрын

You are very right, I took that for granted.

Just a quick tip, if you want to 'polish' the machined area on the lower half of the distribution block to make it more transparent, use a blowtorch and make a few quick passes over the acrylic. The heat slightly melts the roughed area and gives it a nice finish.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

I'll give it a shot

When using a gasket be sure to screw in a star pattern to ensure no leaks

You can use the Equal constraint/relation to save yourself from dimensioning a bunch of the same entities.

Have subscribed on multiple accounts. Used to be Misfit Kitchen! I see you're still doing badass things my dude! Keep it up!

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks man :D

On the acrylic part that looks frosted, If you apply heat it will make it optically clear again. A small butane torch will do the job.

@DonaldSayers

6 жыл бұрын

Now i see this comment everywhere. Heh

Another option for drilling holes is acrylic is using a plastic specific drill bit. They have a steeper pointer tip profile designed to prevent the plastic from cracking from drilling and prevent blow out on the other side of the material.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Good idea!

Hi! Your work is really great. May I ask if I can use M3x10mm screws instead of M4? And I want to know if the size between your 2 acrylic sheets is the same as EK's product? As far as I know, EK has a combined size of both acrylic sheets of 32mm, but I don't know how many mm thick the thin sheet is and how many mm thick is the thicker one?

Cloudkicker on the background improves the video 100 times.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Lol

If you want, you can use a torch after cutting your acrylic to make it transparent again.

nice!

I love your mods, maybe you should try to customize mouse and keyboards too, that'll be awesome

is there a way to polish the central part so it looks clear? apply some barnish? i have never worked with acrylic on a cnc

U should try polishing the acrilic it should get rid of the machineing marks in the material.

BTW you can use blow torch to kinda melt the acrylic sheet, so in the end it will look like glass. It will be transparent for better looks. Try it out...

@XerotoLabs

6 жыл бұрын

was just gonna say that .

@fredrikcarlen3212

6 жыл бұрын

"flame polishing"

"Fittings screw into things" :D

Awesome ..

Awesome stuff. I will say, though. You can absolutely use a drill/drill press/mill to turn the tap and make it much less tedious. If you run it at low rpm, you shouldn't have any trouble. I had the same hesitance to use a power tool, but I eventually broke down and used a drill press or hand drill for most of them.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

I'm scared! Lol. Hand tapping isn't that bad

@curtisehoffman

6 жыл бұрын

Dietec Lol, I'm just throwing it out there. I haven't used acrylic specifically, but generally plastics are soft enough that you are pretty safe. If you set up the hole dia and the tap right, you can it should cut like butter (taps are made to cut through steel). Power tools are also nice because they are smooth, so they are less likely to get stuck. I did notice that taps would get a bit hot in some softer plastics, though. It think I was using PETG. But, yeah awesome block. And definitely try it out before you use it on a finished piece.

@overlordgamingLTD

6 жыл бұрын

Dietec if you're going to power tap try burst tapping. Turn the mill or drill or whatever on push the tap down and turn off the drive immediately. Dont even need to buy special taps this way. I havent broken a normal tap doing this yet.

Is that Cloudkicker playing in the background? Such chill work music

Just a few tips. You can use hole pattern to do your holes, this will let you define a countersink. You should do all the holes in top and bottom at the same time. You can offset a shape rather than drawing a new one around the previous and defining distances on every side. You should use a downwards fluted or neutral fluted endmill for perspex or other plastics (or woods) and you shouldn't drill using an endmill.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I have some work to do with leaning this stuff for sure

You see how the corners have a weird width where you have your fillet, that is because you didn't use offset for your lines! It's also a lot quicker than recreating the lines...

I can use a 1/4 nps to make the g 1/4? In my country there is no bsp for the gaps of g1 / 4. and the difference of step is from bsp 1.3mm to nps of step 1.4mm

hey bud looks like you are new to the manufacturing space. what you will want to look up is called a drill and tap chart which will help you avoid some of the mistakes you made. also with a torch you can flame polish the acrylic back piece to get rid of your tool marks

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Useful!

Hello, I want to put my graphic card upright (vertical), do you think that's a good thing? Good video :)

Nice job. It would have saved you half the time if you had only used mirror option. :) Pro tip: throw your model in CFD to check its cooling efficiency.

Would you know how to sand the bottom of the reservoir part of the milled plate? Do you have plans to sand it? Are all CNC machine going to make a rough pattern like this?

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah they usually make it rough, but you can sand it and use a blow torch to make it look clear again. I just didn't because I'm still learning

hi, i was wondering if this really workout? schouldn t be the side that sticks to a card made of copper or aloy?

Nice a new vid not something i will be attempting but good to see your back! Hope you had a good time on your honeymoon!? what can we except to see as far as case mod vids like that Meshify c or maybe a Phanteks Eclipse P350X would love to see some mod ideas on that case think of building in that case. So far only things im thinking of is meshing the front panel for better airflow and possible cutting space in the bottom psu cover for a 5"-7' ips panel for CPU & GPU Temps.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Vacation was awesome! I'm doing a Lord of the rings mod right now for a customer on a define mini c, then I will probably end up modding the meshify finally :P I'd like to see those mods if you end up doing them

@Driven-st6iu

6 жыл бұрын

Good to hear! Looking forward to seeing those vids. Once i come up with some money ill be sure to take tons of pics of the mods done prolly wont be great would be my first modded case. Actually i think ill do some craigslist shopping or yardsale shopping and pick up some old cheap cases. Practice on them so if i mess up then no worries in stead of messing up a brand new $70 case haha

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

If you mess up, you'll just be encouraged to learn how to fix your mistake and it'll teach you to be a better modder :)

By the way, I found out tapping the G1/4 threads by hand is rather tricky, I actually messed up my first custom res that way. I'd recommend to use a drillpress for it instead :)

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

What do you mean it's tricky? Did you strip the threads or something?

@TheDutchmanModifies

6 жыл бұрын

My first G1/4 tap attemp by hand resulted in a crooked fitting angle. Because of that the Oring couldn't do it's job properly. Using the drillpress's head manually has by far been the most reliable way of tapping big threads for me so far.

when making the base of the distributor in fusion instead of making all the different rectangles there is an offset tool in the sketch dropdown that can allow you to easily make a single line or multiple lines like your original rectangle with the fillets a set distance outside or inside the original. saves a lot of time and all you have to do is input the offset distance. other than that, cool project

@wow19063

6 жыл бұрын

this will also fix the outer line for the o-ring groove. you could see in the finished product where there was a gap in the corners on the outside of the groove.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! This is what I was missing lol. Thanks, I'm still pretty nooby

What Tool diameter, nº flute, RPM, Feed Rate and Depth of Cut you used to make pocket hole and to cut through? Thanks

If I have scratches on a Distro plate can I wet sand it then polish it?

I started looking into CnC machines as im trying to take my modding to the next lvl..... yeah after about 3 hours or searching and realizing I wont find a decent one under $1000 I realized I prob will never be able to do this cool ass stuff myself.....

not bad at all

Great video, can you help me with the type of bit you used for cutting acrylic with the CNC?

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Flat 1/8" end mill with 3 flutes I think? It's the one that came with the CNC.

@bobbymsq

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

How was the honeymoon, dude? Sorry I'm late. You uploaded this an hour after I went to sleep. This looks pretty cool.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

It was awesome! Went swimming a lot.

@James.Stark.Ben.Edition

6 жыл бұрын

Dietec congrats, man! Hope you have a great married life!

OMG these cnc's are under 3k, just loked up the one used. I hope I can CNC metal though, if no tsteel ,atleast aluminum, man I want to make some of those cable combs. OMGGG

Wow. You are going to have so much fun with that! How's it feel to be in the big leagues now?

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Haha it's a pretty nifty tool for the toolbox

I'd love to do stuff like this, but I am way to OCD. I'd have to polish everything. That plate that has the remnants of the 3D cutter would drive me crazy.

Pretty cool, but I'd personally recommend making some kind of a maze-like structure so the water gets a 'way' of going around the graphics card, instead of having a lot of open space. I'd recommend letting the cooler liquid run across the VRAM first and then across all componends that actually really don't need cooling and then going to the GPU. I am not an expert but it will make sense if you think about it. When going across the VRAM it will be getting a little bit hotter and then it cools down a little bit so it can go over the GPU.

@DIYTechTube

5 жыл бұрын

It's not a cooler, just a reservoir :)

@jairvandersterre1002

5 жыл бұрын

@@DIYTechTube oh wow😂

lock-tight is a brand, CA is what you used :)

Do you know/could you please make a video on extending the connector cables inside of an Xbox one s? This would allow modders like you and myself to put it in a larger case without all of the components being scrunched together. Also, can I use one of those handheld acrylic cutters people use to etch things into acrylic on a tempered glass window of say an InWin 101? Finally, can the scroll saw you use be used to cut metal? Sorry about the full qna as a comment. Thanks.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do more Xbox mods, I just don't want to buy an Xbox to do them lol. I don't think you'd have luck etching glass with those, would be too easy to mess up. Scroll saw blades would break when cutting metal I believe

@mackattackyumm7918

6 жыл бұрын

Dietec hmmmm this arises many problems for me (meaning the scroll saw issue not you lol). Thanks.

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Etching cream works on glass, I have a video about that. The scroll saw is yeah kinda an issue, but you could use tin snips or a jigsaw for metal

@mackattackyumm7918

6 жыл бұрын

Dietec Thanks, you're the man. How about a dremel rotary tool on metal? Thanks.

@overlordgamingLTD

6 жыл бұрын

Mack Attack Yumm for cutting metal? A dremel wouldnt be the best. For thin stuff you will want to use a bandsaw, hacksaw, or a sheet nibbler. For thick stock milling machine, hacksaw, or bandsaw.

The music is done by Cloudkicker?

cool

i recently got myself a new air cooler but it is too tall for my case and it bends the acrylic what shuld i do my idea is to make shims and glue them between the acrylic panel and the metal part of the panel

Personally I would have cut channels in the bottom part to act like a heat sink to make it more efficient. But that's just my opinion.

What model is that cnc machine?

haha have fun, I spent the last year mastering my process with the same CNC and it was not easy with no experience. If you want to share notes Id be happy to help

@DIYTechTube

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I definitely do.

Well I will say it's not just learning to use a CNC machine & building a Water block . You also need to figure out the water flow issues with the acrylic block you make by using a PC Water flow software specifically made for water cooling blocks & Reservoirs. Especially if your going with a Channel ed design in the acrylic, but even then there's still some water flow issues the need working out in a software on the distance between inlet & outlet of the open block . So I'd say if your build blocks & reservoirs your self then look into those water flow mechanic software to run your design through before making the final product to make sure your getting proper water/Cooling distribution across your block & have the proper flow machanics

Use a torch to polish the cnced parts

@GENcELL2014

6 жыл бұрын

HHO torch works great!

@FlybyJunkie

5 жыл бұрын

@@GENcELL2014 or actually polish it ;)

Wow